New Trail

The New Trail is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,678 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: New Trail
Secondary: Anchor
Secondary: Colorado

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1950
Time Period: - 1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7 Oz Ag, 5.73 Oz Au, 6.2 % Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Production): SHIPMENTS FROM PROPERTY HAVE AMOUNTED TO MORE THAN $100,000 ; AVG. .207 OZ AU, 8.0 OZ AG, 14.26 % CU ( TUCKER, W. B., 1943 , P. 435 ).

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Comment (Workings): COLORADO WORKINGS: ALONG FAULT ZONE, TABULAR BODY WAS REMOVED, ZONE IS 5 - 30 FT. WIDE AND IS EXPLORED LATERALLY BY SURFACE WORKINGS FOR ABOUT 175 FT., ALSO MODERATELY EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ANCHOR; EXPLORE VEIN STRIKES N 40 E, DIPS 70 - 85 NW, 5 - 30 FT. THICK, EXPOSED LATERALLY FOR NEARLY 200 YDS. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFT 300 FT. DEEP WITH 3 LEVELS. 100 FT. LEVEL IS OPEN 120 FT. NE AND 500 FT. SW OF SHAFT. 200 FT. LEVEL, 30 FT. NE AND 570 FT. SW OF STAFT. 300 FT. LEVEL 550 FT. SW OF SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE BEDS STRIKE N 30 W, DIP 20 - 40 SW, THEY CONTAIN IRREGULAR TONGUES OF QUARTZ MONZONITE AND IRREGULAR BODIES OF GARNET - EPIDOTE ROCK. LIMESTONE HAS BEEN FAULTED ALONG A NE - SW LINE, WITH A THROW OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET.

Comment (Deposit): 1950 - 1951 , DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE, 25 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES, TOTALING 1500 FT. AND NEARLY 800 FT. OF DRIFTS, RAISES, WINZES AND CROSSCUTS.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES OCCUR MAINLY IN LIMESTONE BUT WITHIN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET BY CONTACT WITH A LARGE QUARTZ MONZONITE BODY.

References

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIV; 27TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 275 - 276

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 65 - 66 .

Reference (Deposit): PRODUCED COPPER,GOLD,&SILVER ORE, VALUED AT $12,000.WAS MINED IN 19

Reference (Deposit): 47-50

Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A., 1953 , P. 65 - 66 (SEE REF.)

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